Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Him that
Steal no more
General references
Bible References
Him that
Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 21:16
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Proverbs 30:9
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Zechariah 5:3
Then said he to me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
John 12:6
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put in it.
1 Corinthians 6:10
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Steal no more
Job 34:32
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Luke 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Luke 19:8
And Zaccheus stood, and said to the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold.
Labour
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Acts 20:34
And ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to them that were with me.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received from us.
That he
Luke 3:11
He answereth and saith to them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do likewise.
Luke 21:1
And he looked up, and saw rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
2 Corinthians 8:2
That in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded to the riches of their liberality.
General references
Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
Deuteronomy 5:19
Neither shalt thou steal.
Psalm 104:23
Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.